Mike Love

no more war

No more war
Lately these days
I get so paranoid
There's so many stories of families broken
Fathers being deployed
All for this war that no one really wants
Too many dog tags
Too many headstones
Too many dying to count

And if we could today we'd bring them all back home
But they'll never listen these politicians
Their hearts have turned to stone
And if we had a voice then by God we'd be heard
But we're so divided
And we're undecided
So we never say a word

And we all go to sleep
Like good little sheet
Never make a peep
So I'm taking a stand
And I'm making demands
And I'll stand even if
I have to stand alone
And say bring the troops back home

With all of the beauty to behould in this world
Why would you want to feed the destruction
With all of the wonders to witness in this world
Why would you want to see armageddon
With all of the things that you could be in this world
Why would you go and be a soldier man

Oh I... Oh I
I think I know why
'Cause when you were three years old
They put a toy gun in your hand
And they showed you shows of g. I. Joe's
How could you overstand
The difference between fiction and reality
Oh, if your parents knew how it impacted you
They would have burned the tv

But they were too busy
Working for the man
Yeah, they were too busy
Just fitting into the plans
So when you were six years old
They put you in the boy scouts
So harmless, it seemed to be marching
Waving the flag about
But they already got you wearing
That uniform on your back
Using weapons, earning medals
Gaining rank in your pack

Yeah, it's the symbolism
That keeps you coming back
Exoteric symbolism
Into your subconscious they tap
Why it's the symbolism
Keep you slipping through the cracks
Yeah, it's the symbolism
Got your mind under attack
But youth put on your thinking cap
Don't get caught up in their trap, no

With all of the creativity in this world
Why would you create nuclear weapons
With all of the wonders to witness in this world
Why would you want to see armageddon
With all of the billion things to be in this world
Oh, why would you go and be a soldier man

Oh, I... Oh, I'm starting to see why
'Cause when you were thirteen years old
You joined the rotc
The high school version of your immersion in the military
They got you dreaming of that m16 in your hand
Heroically killing enemies for democracy in a foreign land

Why it's the mind control
That keeps you killing blindly
Government mind control
Been going on for centuries
So when you were eighteen years old
The recruiters came to your school
With fancy dress and propaganda
Trying to make you their fool
Telling you you're never gonna amount to anything
But look at all the rewards and benefits
Uncle sam can bring

Just sign on the dotted line
The officer says with a grin
Sign your name on the dotted line
Trust in us, we'll take you in
Just pick up the pen and sign
We'll take care of everything
Sign your name on the dotted line
And your bright future can begin
But can you hear the bugle play
As you sign your life away

Give me one good reason
Give me one good outcome
From all of this killing
It don't make no sense
So many are dying
Orphaned babies crying
In the name of freedom
What a false pretense

But all the money
All the power
All the souls that you devour
Mister politician man
Could never equal
To the power of jah love
That I hold in the fingers
Of my pure clean hands

So mister soldier man
I'm begging you to come back home
Oh, military man
Leave them war machines alone
'Cause them politicians sit in their mansion
Reaping all the benefits
While you lay dying in the trenches
And they don't give a shit... No

Oh, lord there's got to be
A better way to communicate
I don't believe that killing men
Makes us more safe
Lord, I know the opposite is true
How 'bout you
Do you buy into the news
Have they got you so confused

When I feel the pressure in the air
I get so scared
Will we live to see another day
Another month, another year
How can I protect my family
From these crazy leaders addicted to war
Tell them we don't need no more of these
Broken dreams and fantasies
All fallen down the well

Oh, daddy's gone
And left his family
A living hell
So many dies
Lifeless they lie
In graves with names unknown

Oh, mommy cries
Waits for her son
Who ain't never coming home
Oh, no... So we don't need
Oh, no, no... We don't need
Oh, no... We don't need no more war
Oh, no... our wounds won't mend
By hurting them
So what are we fighting for
Oh, no, no... We don't need
Oh, no, no... We don't need
Oh, no... We don't need no more war

Not in iraq!
Not in afghanistan... No!
Not in lybia!
Not in isreal!
Palestine, no!
We don't wanna see
No, no more of our brothers
Coming home in body bags
Wrapped up in american flags
Blood in american flags

We don't wanna see, no more
Villages burned to the ground
We don't wanna see, no more
Innocent victims dying
No more orphaned babies crying
We don't want no more... No more
No more war!
Oh, no, no... We don't need
Oh, no, no... We don't need
Oh, no... We don't need no more war